J.M. Andrews

John Miller Andrews (17 July 1871-5 August 1956) was Prime Minister of Northern Ireland from 27 November 1940 to 1 May 1943, succeeding James Craig and preceding Basil Brooke. He was a member of the Ulster Unionist Party.

Biography
John Miller Andrews was born in Comber, County Down, Ireland on 17 July 1871 to a Protestant Ulster Scots family, and he owned a linen-bleaching company and the Belfast Ropeworks; his brother, the shipbuilder Thomas Andrews, was killed during the sinking of the RMS Titanic in 1912. From 1921 to 1953, he served as an MP in the Parliament of Northern Ireland; from 1921 to 1937, he served as Minister of Labor, and he served as Prime Minister from 1940 to 1943. Backbench dissent forced him from office, and Basil Brooke succeeded him. He was the only Northern Irish prime minister not to be elevated to the peerage. He died in 1956, three years after leaving the Parliament.